Summary
A bike race in memory of a Hastings fisherman, the football match that will never happen again, and the highs and lows of a dance competition through the eyes of a child. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures on the journey to first place.
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Producer: Andrea Rangecroft Curated by Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello and welcome to the podcast of shortcuts. |
| 0:08.8 | Today's episode comes with a fun trivia question for you to solve during the show. |
| 0:14.5 | Okay, the question is, where did I place in the Oxford University Schools Debating Competition, 1997? |
| 0:24.6 | Was it A, first place? |
| 0:26.9 | B, second place. |
| 0:28.8 | Or C, did not place? |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to Long and Shortcuts, the radio quiz for all the family. |
| 0:40.2 | Okay, hang on, hang on. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello, welcome to Long or Wrong, where I tell you facts about me, |
| 0:47.6 | and you have to guess whether they are actually facts or wrong. |
| 0:51.3 | That would be a great quiz. |
| 0:53.3 | This is Shortcuts. |
| 0:55.1 | Radio Showdown. |
| 0:57.5 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 1:04.6 | Can you beat them to win a grand prize of listener satisfaction? |
| 1:10.9 | Or worst thing in the world when the prize is just knowing you won. |
| 1:16.1 | Today, competition. |
| 1:18.6 | Norwich left bat Mark Bowen wins the ball with a tenacious challenge. |
| 1:22.3 | And Jeremy Goss smashes a volley past goalkeeper Raymond Alman. |
| 1:27.3 | On the way there, I had bus flies in my tummy |
| 1:30.4 | because it was really nerve-wracking, |
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